You complain about the league being a half season TRAD league [I agree due to the late start and this year was even worse.]

Then you complain that early season stats are given too much value.

You can't have it both ways.

It seems to me that part of the fun of the RT league is that a player with a hot start can have a big effect and then as the season progesses becomes useless so that swings in which team is best can be quite extreme. The late start has taken a lot of that away as now much of the games will be based on final [trad type] stats.

It seems to me that if you like RT leagues, you have to like the effect generated by an early hot streak and the week to week fluctuation of player value early in the season - otherwise why not stick to TRAD leagues?